Ball Don't Lie

Yes, Rajon Rondo, Kris Humphries and Gerald Wallace all got tossed from Wednesday night's game between the Boston Celtics and Brooklyn Nets for their roles in a late second-quarter skirmish that spilled into the TD Garden's stands. But if you wanted to see some real on-court violence, you needed to stick around until about the 8:15 mark of the final frame, because that's when Nets guard Joe Johnson put something evil on Celtics defender Paul Pierce. (In this case, we use the term "defender" loosely.)

Normally, we say that what makes a play like this a highlight is the offensive player actually making the jumper, which Johnson did, for two of his game-high 18 points in the Nets' 95-83 road win. Really, though, this would've been nearly as epic even if the J came up short, because Johnson's shake just about left Pierce on all fours: